If approved by SEPTA's board of directors, riders would pay the increase on top of a proposed separate interim average fare increase of 7.5% that the transit agency's board is due to consider later this month.
The famed abolitionist — who escaped slavery and settled in Philadelphia, leading other enslaved Black women and men to freedom on the Underground Railroad — worked as a scout, spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War, and helped lead 150 Black soldiers on a gunboat raid in South Carolina.
Harris delivered her remarks at Howard University, her alma mater and one of the country's most prominent historically Black schools, in the same spot where she hoped to give a victory speech.
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
In Pennsylvania, there are multiple backups in place so voters can cast a ballot if there are issues with the voting machines.
If the margin is tight in the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the 4,300 mail ballots at issue could be enough to determine who wins the state and its 19 electoral votes.
Police escorts, sealed containers and chain of custody documentation: These are some of the measures that Pennsylvania counties take to secure ballots while they are transported from polling places to county facilities.
While the Supreme Court action was a setback for Republicans, the GOP separately claimed victory when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort by voting rights advocates to ensure that mail-in ballots that lack an accurate, handwritten date on the exterior envelope will still count in this year's presidential election.
Philadelphia Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner was the first to file legal action against Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaways, which will now be heard in a federal court.
A judge extended the deadline for voters to request a mail ballot in Bucks County to Friday after long lines on the final day led to complaints voters were being disenfranchised.
